OBJECTIVE To better define the concordance of visual loss in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). METHODS The medical records of 86 patients with bilateral sequential NAION were reviewed retrospectively, and visual function was assessed using visual acuity, Goldmann visual fields, color vision, and relative afferent papillary defect. A quantitative total visu...

Dyslipidemia is one of the most important factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), a new comprehensive lipid index, might be a strong marker for predicting the risk of CAD.A hospital-based case-control study including 2936 CAD patients and 2451 controls was conducted in a Chinese population. Traditional lipid parameters were detected, and nontraditional ...

BACKGROUND Greater trochanteric pain syndrome is often a manifestation of underlying gluteal tendinopathy. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy is effective in numerous types of tendinopathies. HYPOTHESIS Shock wave therapy is an effective treatment for chronic greater trochanteric pain syndrome. STUDY DESIGN Case control study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS Thirty-three patients with chroni...

INTRODUCTION Recent studies have shown that subclinical inflammation is a part of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study was designed to explore the relationships between low-grade inflammation and renal microangiopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in the study and further divided into normoalbuminuri...

BACKGROUND Lumbar disc arthroplasty (total disc replacement [TDR]) outcomes have been evaluated using subjective, patient-reported measures of pain, health, and functional impairment. As a condition of TDR coverage, our institution's health plan required that objective physical performance data be collected. Thus our study was designed to explore (1) the feasibility of using preoperative and 1-...

INTRODUCTION Methotrexate (MTX) is used to treat cancers, several forms of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, although MTX may cause pulmonary toxicity related to the production of free oxygen radicals, various cytokines. Infliximab (IB) with its potent effect on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibition also inhibits the release of endothelin-1 (ET-1). We aimed to investigate wheth...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intracranial aneurysms originating at the posterior communicating artery are known to have high rupture risk compared with other locations. We tested the hypothesis that different angioarchitectures (ie, branch point configuration) of posterior communicating artery aneurysms are associated with aneurysm hemodynamics, which in turn predisposes aneurysms to rupture. MATER...

Abstract Aim To develop an in-vitro model of the posterior rectus sheath. The should be formed living cells and aligned collagen that is a similar thickness tensile strength to Materials Methods Rectangular Fibroblast populated Colagen matrices (FPCMs) were using rat-tail seeded with immortal cell line human fibroblasts. FPCMs into 3D-printed tethered gel moulds where they at opposing ends indu...

SrRuO(3) (SRO) thin films grown on (001)(p) (p = pseudocubic) oriented LaAlO(3) (LAO) by pulsed laser deposition have been characterized using transmission electron microscopy. Observations along the 100(p) directions suggests that although the SRO layer maintains a pseudocube-to-pseudocube orientation relationship with the underlying LAO substrate, it has a ferroelastic domain structure associ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the correlation between multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) parameters and the severity of myopia in adults and children. DESIGN Observational study. METHODS Multifocal electroretinograms were recorded using the VERIS system from randomly selected eyes of 104 children and 31 adults with various degrees of myopia. Dawson, Trick, and Litzkow fiber electrodes were used ...